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Raw Material Storage & Handling

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Edelbrock Aluminum Foundry and Machining Full Tour & Behind the Scenes! (Pouring Molten Metal!)

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What happens here

The foundry stores large bags of raw sand, each weighing 3,000 pounds, on robust shelves. Additionally, aluminum ingots, which are raw metal, are stored before being melted in the furnace. This large-scale storage ensures a continuous supply of materials for the casting operations. The molten metal furnaces operate continuously, 24/7, to maintain efficiency.

Goal: Understand the storage and handling of raw materials (sand and aluminum ingots).

Tools and materials

  • Forklift — Moving heavy pallets of materials
  • Furnace — Melting aluminum ingots
  • Pallets — Supporting heavy bags of sand and ingots
  • Aluminum Ingots — Raw form of aluminum for melting
  • Raw Sand — Main ingredient for sand cores and molds

What they say

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rock." All the raw sand that'll eventually get turned into cores. Very of these sacks 3,000 lb. Wow. You can see the map. Those are some strong shells. What are they doing right here? So, not only do we have sound capabilities of molding, but we have permanent molds. These are big cast iron molds that'll make you the same part every time. So, this cast iron, it's nice and cold right now. If it was running, it would be super duper hot. Over there, we have our metal bath and our robot arm that'll pour it in here. As you can see, that's our pouring cup that'll catch it. It'll close up. It'll load up the core and it'll spin it up. Robot will come pick it back up, send it down the cooling line over there. Cassie said,

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